How to Be EVEN MORE Everywhere

By Pat Flynn on July 13, 2012

1.32 million = The total number of unique visitors to The Smart Passive Income Blog.

1.66 million = The total number of downloads of The SPI Podcast.

1.48 million = The total number of video views on the SPI YouTube Channel.

The blog, the podcast and the YouTube channel are the three conduits that have together powered the SPI brand since 2010 when I made the decision to expand beyond the blog and actively go out and find a bigger audience.

Every week I receive emails and messages from new fans who found me on the podcast or through my videos – proof that expanding beyond the blog was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made for my brand.

But is there more? Is there another medium or platform, perhaps, where I can be even more everywhere?

“Where else are people consuming content that lie outside of my current reach?”

The answer: books.

Being Everywhere with Books

I’ve already written a book, eBooks the Smart Way, but it’s a free eBook that lives here on blog that doesn’t do a good job of reaching out to new audiences – that’s not why I wrote it.

I’ve been exploring more book writing a lot over the past year and have had long conversations with several different authors, all who agree that publishing a book and distributing it over the right channel(s) can be a great way to expand your audience and potentially earn some money too, but everyone I spoke to had different opinions about publishing traditionally versus self-publishing, and physical books vs. eBooks.

Traditional book publishing is very attractive to me for a number of different reasons:

Distribution channels would definitely introduce myself and my brand to a whole new set of people, some who probably would have never found me otherwise.

The ability to leverage pre-existing relationships through the publisher and other players in the industry.

The high-barrier of entry yields prestige and authority, which can open many new doors – from speaking opportunities to national press and other business opportunities. The truth is, not everyone is going to be able to publish a traditional book.

I’d actually have a physical book in the bookstores. It has always been a dream of mine to bring my kids to the bookstore and show them where daddy’s book lies on the shelves.

Of course, there are some not-so-attractive things that can come with publishing a traditional book as well, such as:

Potentially giving up a lot of creative control.

The length of time it can take to make it happen, starting with actually getting a book proposal accepted by a publisher.

A smaller share of the profits, since there are other players (literary agent, publisher, etc.) that get paid too.

Self-publishing, on the other hand, is also very attractive to me because:

More freedom and control over the entire process.

The process is relatively quick and easy. Relatively.

The author typically keeps a higher share of the profits.

Some digital publishing platforms have millions of readers who are searching for new books every day, so a new reader is just a click away.

But, there are some drawbacks to self-publishing too.

Generally speaking, authoring a self-published book is less prestigious compared to a traditionally published book, since (almost) anyone can self-publish a book these days.

Because a self-publisher has total control, there are not as many checks and balances from experts who are there to make sure that what is being published is of the highest quality possible.

At the start, you only have yourself and the relationships that you’ve built to help you market the book.

Traditional or self-publish…hmm…

It’s a debate I’ve been having in my head for the past year, but I’ve finally decided to follow some advice I learned in T. Harv Eker’s Secrets of the Millionaire Mind (affiliate link – I earn a commission if you buy), and I think I’ll do both!

Not at the same time, of course, but I would love to experience both, which is something that many authors who I know have done as well. This is assuming, of course, that I can write a book proposal that sparks the interest of a publisher willing to work with me. 😉

I’ve been inspired by the likes of Chris Guillebeau and Jonathan Fields, who have recently published amazing books through traditional means and have touched the lives of so many people as a result.

Because self-publishing is a lot faster and because the delivery of an eBook can be automated and scalable, I want to first experiment with publishing an eBook on Amazon.com to explore it’s potential to grow a bigger audience and generate a passive income too.

Amazon.com’s Kindle Direct Publishing Platform

It seems like everyone is publishing a book on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform these days, and for good reason: many are seeing great results.

A number of authors are generating a passive income from their efforts on KDP, several are seeing an increase in traffic and subscribers on their blogs and many of their books are ranking high in Google for competitive keywords related to their topic.

Sweet!

There are other eBook distribution channels such as iBooks and Barnes & Nobles, but apparently there may be some advantages to publishing exclusively on Amazon, which I’ll have to learn more about.

I’m starting from scratch, but my goal is to successfully self-publish an eBook on Amazon, and I want to share the entire process with you as a case study.

I’ll be keeping track of my time, money spent, earnings made, downloads, traffic, rankings – everything, including the tools and resources that I use to help me along the way too.

I have a lot to learn, I don’t really know what to expect and I haven’t even nailed down the topic of my book yet, but that’s what makes it fun!

I’m really excited to dive deep into another case study with you, similar to what I did with the Niche Site Duel.

I’ll be documenting my progress here on the blog every once and a while, however I know there are a lot of you who are interested in this topic who want all of the details, thought processes and steps along the way, and if that’s the case I invite you to join a special Facebook Group I created called Pat’s First Kindle Book (From Start to Finish).

Why the separate group?

It will hold me accountable, of course, but more importantly it will give you a chance to get involved in the process and allow you to interact and ask any questions along the way.

In addition, the group was created because I’m going to keep these updates coming quite often (everytime something interesting and relevant happens during this process), and I don’t want to flood the blog, my email list and even the main Facebook Page with a ton of updates since I’m sure there are some of you who won’t care for all of them.

Again, you can join the Facebook Group by Clicking Here – it’s free to join!

I’m shooting for a published book in 2 months (before our second baby is due!), so I’m going to get started right away.

By the end of this, I hope I can show you how you can follow the same process – learning from the things I did right and also the things I’m probably going to wish I had done better.

We’ll see what happens. 🙂

Thank you for your support and have a fantastic weekend!

Cheers!

p.s. speaking of “Being Everywhere“, I’m going to be on 3 other great online business podcasts in the next month! Check out the 2012 Summer Marketing Mashup (and you can participate too!) – Thanks!

Great, now I want to write a book. How is it that you so easily inspire me to do so many awesome things?? hahaha I’m so excited for this book man… I know its going to be awesome, just like all your content ALWAYS is. Where can I preorder? haha

Great analysis of the two options. Both are good options for different reasons. I’m excited to see you enter the ranks of author-entrepreneurs (or entrepreneur-authors depending on the way you look at it).

I’m looking forward to learning from your experience. As always, thanks for the deep transparency.

Can’t wait to see your updates, and thank you for setting it up so you’ll be sharing the process with us. If anyone has an audience ready and waiting for you to release a book, it’s you. Look forward to it!

Hi Pat,
The Facebook group is a great idea to share your progress differently with the SPI community. It’s also a great way to tease us 😉
I’m sure the book will be awesome, even if you write about smurfs ^^

All the best from France !
Alex

Pat

Thanks Alexandre, and thanks for the conversations we’ve already had in the Group 🙂 Cheers!

I think this is great Pat. I’ve been percolating on this for the last couple of months too and have a goal to publish 2 ebooks in amazon by the end of August (and I don’t have a portion of the audience size you have).

I definitely see your point for pursuing both formats. Beyond your stated reasons, the sales of your ebooks will provide further social proof of your audience and help you get a better deal in traditional publishing. You’ll still get your book on the shelf and will literally be everywhere. That’s awesome! I’m looking forward to following and participating on Facebook.

Pat

Thanks Yolanda, and 2 books by the end of August…that’s a great goal! I know we’ll get there 🙂

Thanks for the push and the confidence in my strategy. Cheers, and all the best to you!

it’s great to see how your blog grew from last 3 years. Now the book publishing is truly great show of how powerful blog and branding can be. You have very good strategy. This will be interesting case study for sure.

P.S. If you need book cover, I can help. I’m dong books covers and for a guy that helped me a lot online I wouldn’t mind doing it for free as a thank you!

Pat

Thank you so much! I appreciate that! I’ll get back to you on the cover, but your portfolio looks pretty cool 🙂

Awesome stuff Pat! At first when I heard you were going to create a Kindle book, I thought you were doing it as another way to generate passive income by creating creating books about various topics. Going to be real interesting to see how many new SPI readers you can pull from using the Kindle for lead generation 🙂 Looking froward to your updates on FB!

Thomas

Brian

This is going to be a great project and I can’t wait to see how it progresses. I’ve you need proof readers let me know buddy! The SPI Nation is ready to help spread the good word. b

Pat,
I published my first book on Amazon through their KDP program a couple months ago. One thing that shocked me was how easy Amazon makes the publishing process. The hard part is writing a high quality book.

If it helps you, I discussed and walked through the process of publishing on the StoryTellersAz podcast. http://storytellersaz.com/episode-39-amazon-kdp I’d also recommend checking out the guys at ePublishUnum. Jeff & Evo are sharing some great insights there.

It’s easier to publish a Kindle book than it is to publish a blog. My fear, as I said on the podcast, it’s so easy to do I fear many people will start publishing quick and easy junk, like the many spam blogs out there, hoping to make a couple bucks that it will dilute the credibility of us who publish quality information.

Pat

Thanks for the resources Matt, and congrats on getting your book out there! Your concerns are the same as my own, and I’ve been seeing some spammy-type looking books on the platform already.

The good news is that those of us who publish quality info will also “rise to the top”, however you’re right it could dilute credibility of writing an eBook in general. Great topic to discuss on the FB page actually. Cheers Matt! Do you plan to publish more? Have you seen good results?

I have sold a few handfuls with no promotion. I wrote the book to give away on my site, which I do (for now), and used to test the waters on Amazon. My intention was to use it for lead generation since there’s a unique web address in the paid Kindle book for buyers to get some unique content I’m not giving to regular site subscribers.

When I take the book off my site I plan on putting it into the Select program and use the free offer option and promote it then. This book was not about making boatloads of money. It is only to expand my reach.

Yes, I will do it again. And again. I have plans for a few more.

While I did not have a professional editor edit my book, I had several very detailed and knowledgable friends read and send me many changes. That’s going to be the problem with Kindle. It’s not the information but the poorly written information. It takes a lot of time and patience to edit a book well.

Awesome, Matt – thanks for the link to the podcast, I’ll have to listen to it.

I have been doing quite well too selling kindle book since January of this year and I think I will hit the $2,000 mark this month. I have published 10 books so far (1 is done but not published yet because I’m creating a “bonus” little video course to go along with it).

It is a lot easier to publish than to blog, but you are right about people publishing spammy stuff. As long as it’s not rehashed crap I’m okay with it, but I think people should take this more seriously than just throwing up stuff to make a buck…I don’t blame em tho. I’m probably guilty of that with my first few books 😉 lol.

I’m working on a self-pub book right now. It’s going to be a near-copy of my ebook (PDF) that’s selling with great success. In my case, there is a demand for a print version; the ebook is over 300 pages. I’ve learned a lot from joel at thebookdesigner (dot) com.

Feel free to drop me an email as I’ve learned a lot about the self-pub route and have a lot to share, especially regarding how to make it look like a professionally pub’d book.

Excellent! I think you’ll do great in publishing, especially given the quality of all your work.

Just one thing: you say that self-pubbing is less prestigious. That isn’t really true anymore though it used to be for the longest time. The industry has changed dramatically in a year’s time and the attitudes on this have changed along with it. One of my clients is a successful author who refused a traditional publishing deal worth 500.00$ to self publish instead. We talked a month after his book came out and sales were phenomenal. Him and many other name authors are increasingly trying out self-publishing and usually with great success.
Another factor is the lawsuit the DOJ slapped onto the big six publishing houses and Apple. That’s going to shake things up even more and has definitely increased the prestige of self publishing.

I have three books out with traditional publishers in my niche and it’s been great so far. But in March, I self published a book with Amazon and that experience was even better. So I would definitely consider giving the self-publish route priority over trying to strike a deal with a traditional publisher.

You might enjoy these blogs:http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
A lawyer who does publishing contracts gives daily news about the industry. A goldmine of information.

http://jakonrath.blogspot.be/
Successful author who started self-publishing and wasn’t afraid to publish his earnings on his blog (remind you of somebody? :-)) Also lots of good info on how to selfpub.

Just wanted to share that with you. I think you’ll do great regardless of which way you go.
Looking forward to reading your book!

I have 14 ebooks currently published through Smashwords.com – I would highly recommend them becuase they integrate automatically with a variety of publishers inlcuding Apple, Barnes & Noble and some others. Unfortunately they don’t currenlty integrae with Amazon. As a result I have had to submit my books seperately to Amazon and have not taken the time to do all 14. I think ebooks are a great way to make some passive income and would make only 1 suggestion for anyone who ventures into the market – get a professional cover done. It will increase the sales of your book a lot. Good Luck Pat!

Hi Pat, I’m glad to hear about this new case study idea. I’ll be following along intently. You’ve inspired me to take the leap of faith myself and get into earning online. I’ve just started by getting some hosting (through your Bluehost link of course) and purchasing a couple of domains. I’m really excited to start getting stuff out there. Thank for all your help and I wish you the best of luck with your book.

That’s interesting… my Calculus teacher wanted to turn his ebook into a hard cover but wanted to publish it himself. He’s still working on it and it’s just pre-algebra material no calculus yet 😉 He’s using LaTeX to write it out… the E version looks really nice !

I think going both options is just plain smart. As you know I used your eBook to create my two eBooks and they have now sold over 50,000 copies (it’s been a lot of hard work). Your eBook was such a great guide.

Because of that I was offered several publishing contracts and signed because of the reasons you stated. I can’t wait to walk into Barnes and Nobles this February and see my book on the shelf 🙂

The great thing I’m finding about going with a publisher is the connections they have. I’ve gotten several new speaking events from the publisher, they have also connected me with the other authors which are extremely connected themselves. One of the other authors has a blog that gets 1 million visitors a month and he asked me to guest post, it’s all about the connections!

I know you’ll crush it Pat! I’ve been on the book launch teams for Michael Hyatt, Chris Guillebeau and now Jeff Goins, when you’re book drops, I’m your man!

My favorite thing about your blog is the way you document everything you’re doing so we can see how you did it. I’m trying to take this approach myself, and I hope I help as many people as you are someday.

Being one who has published through Print on Demand (through Authorhouse in 2005), I can tell you that it has been an up hill battle. Part of me wishes that I had published through eBook first. I wish you the best of luck, I think you DO have some things going for you that other people would not (including myself when I first published) You have a fan base behind you, that will buy because they see what you have to give. You have being an “Authority” that you have built from all that you have done, publishing an eBook, building the blog and everything else. You will get more of the profits if you self publish… however only if you are willing to make your book stupid expensive for example. With my book I only get one dollar from each sale, but my book is $14.95 on Amazon for the print version. I see people price themselves a lot higher (my book is poetry), but I always feel wrong not giving them a lot for their money.

I did a lot of homework before I went with Authorhouse, I want my readers to get the best quality printing and the most for their money.

No matter what I think you will have success, as you seem to have the midas touch, and you at least from what I have read have a great heart and the ability to make things happen. So, good luck in publishing and I wish you success in all you endeavours.

Dave

I think taking a hybrid approach is definitely the way forward, as is starting with the indie pub route.

If you want to grow your brand futher then having a book on Amazon is a no-brainer for the following reasons:

1. A lot of SPI readers are likely to buy it.

2. This gives you a good chance of pushing your title further up the Amazon rankings. Which in turn means you will become exposed to a lot of people who may not have heard of SPI or Pat Flynn but have an interest in what you have to say. More sales, ranking pushed up further.

3. You’re far more likely to get a traditional book deal if a publisher see’s that a) your self-pub book has sold in a high voloume, and b) you already have an established and incredibly successful platform.

Playing devils advocate though 🙂 my only concern would be about what your reasons are for extending into publishing, against what your goals are for the SPI brand overall.

Publishing can be a time intensive venture, particuarly the traditional side and it’s worth considering any impact that may have on the rest of your brand. But you’re a savvy fella and I’m sure you have that squared away already.

I will definitely follow your progress with interest, it’s going to be another brilliant Pat Flynn learning resource. Hold on tight now, here we go….

I’ve self-published 3 songbooks that coordinate with CDs of the same title (CDs for young kids and the songbooks for teachers/parents) and love that I went the self-publishing route. I’m currently thinking of turning them into e-books and am also currently writing an e-book on the topic of Gluten Free Baking to market on my Gluten Free Diva blog. Your blog post couldn’t have come at a better time. And Thanks!

I’m halfway through my first book, which is a novel, and I have plans for 3 non-fiction books as well.

With the non-fiction, I’m a little stymied on the approach. These are topics where the particulars change frequently and seem to be best suited to a fluid blog such as SPI or my own. (Example: Google’s Panda and Penguin updates have changed the face of SEO in less than a year.) The challenge will be to really flesh out those aspects that don’t change or decide to do frequent revisions. Have you given any thought to that, Pat?

That reminds me of textbooks – every year textbooks are updated, and if you have to update a book every year, I think it’s great from the standpoint of bringn home more bacon.

The problem with Amazon is that you can’t really contact all of your buyers, which is why I now create an email list for all my books and put a link inside the books. Not everyone will sign up depending on your subject, but at least if you release a similar or updated book, you can get in touch with those people.

Tx for sharing your experience. It’s going to be very exciting!
I have only recently come across your blog and have listened to quite a number of your podcast while riding my Mountainbike through the valleys. Fantastic stuff! I just love every bit!
Your content is great and I KNOW you willl write a great book. I’m a beginner in this game and I learn a great deal from you.

Hi Pat, This is great news! Congrats on the birth of your new book..you have really inspired many to pursue their dreams and provided many useful tips on earning money through publishing their own book. To me, this is really a great way of earning passive income.

Thanks once again!

Peter Wagners

Hi Pat!
Great Blog, I am learning sooo much I cannot believe it. I am in the research process of starting a blog myself and I figured out that (as I am a total newbie) I woud like to start with a free wordpress theme. The question I have is:
Do you (or anybody of you uncountable readers 😀 ) know a free wordpress theme that has a menue bar like the one you use (with the small explanation below the content text — like in ABOUT “Who is Pat” …)

I’ve been working with authors for 10+ years now (launching books – many bestsellers, building platforms, leveraging books to increase influence and opportunities, etc) and can certainly attest to the power of a book. Like most things, it all goes back to goals. There isn’t a right or wrong with self vs traditional publishing… it’s just a decision based on intended outcome. Plenty of people have had success in both so it’s smart that you’re going to try both. My bet is that you’ll succeed at both as well. 😉

Wow Pat this sounds great!
It really is inspiring to see somebody be able to accomplish so much and over so many different platforms. I am super excited for you and for your readers like myself, and I can guarantee that great things will come from any books you put out. My only question/concern is do you still think you will be able to keep up to date with the podcast or your blog posts? or will the book take center stage for the time being? I am almost current with your podcast and your blog is a never ending source of knowledge… BUT it would kind of suck to see everything put on hold for a book. Either way, I will continue to read your stuff and just keep trying to learn! Thanks for everything you do 🙂

-Brandon

Pat

It’ll be a balancing act, for sure, but I don’t plan on stopping with the podcast and blog, that’s for sure. Plus I have my VAs and some developers working on some stuff for me at the same time 🙂

The book will be my next “big thing” though, and of course I’ll be keeping people updated throughout the process. Thanks Brandon!!

Being in the IM marketing myself, I’m more than interested in the process for doing your material preparation – especially researching topics. How you to look for interesting topics, what tools (peopleware, software, hardware) are needed to accomplish these. I’ll be sure to learn more about this from you.

Hey Pat,
Congrats on taking this step. Can’t wait to see your updates. you have an audience ready and waiting for you to release a book, Good Luck I will be waiting for you to release a book. Look forward to it!
Bryan

Probably the best thing about your Blog is that you remove the smoke and mirrors from every aspect of online marketing and in the end, it multiplied your success rather than diminished it. Just goes to show that paying it forward is so much more beneficial than greed. thanks for that.

This is exciting,I am looking forward to see your case study in publishing a book on the Kindle platform.I have already joined your group.Since you are also an app publisher on the Apple Store,have you ever thought about developing apps for the Kindle? If you join now,you will be exempted for this year’s registration fees.

Hello Pat, It’s really inspiring to read about the numbers regarding your brand. I am also in process to expand beyond my blog. After I got my first and brand new ipad this month, I have been learning about how to get in to itunes. Your blog post just gave me an added motivation to go ahead. I just sent a request to join the fb group and already got the first checklist inside my ibooks app.

Hi PAt,
Could you write about you have set up your Facebook page for SPI? I noticed that there is one page for for SPI and another for you personally. Are they connected or completely separate? I am new to Facebook. Thank you.

I would definitely love to write a book sometime soon! However, my time is a little bit limited with some of the things that tend to consume a lot of time (ie JOB). But it’s good that you are planning on being able to get a book out soon hopefully!

Pat

You could record your book in the car during your commute maybe, or as Zig Ziglar says, “Automobile University”. It won’t be perfect but then you can have someone take what you say or the ideas you share and ghost write it for you. Just a random idea!

I appreciate your goal oriented approach Pat. I also appreciate how you work with the community to embrace the goal and have accountability partners. Its is a marvelous thing to see like minded people come together for a collective positive purpose. I pray that you succeed in your efforts and I hope the community inspires others to blog about their success and failure to inspire others to persevere through the process.

Great information here. It is cool to see how much your blog has grown over time. Millions of visitors, that is some serious reach my friend. I look forward to the case study. I don’t think a lot of people are doing case studies anymore, so it is always a treat to find some new ones.

it will be interesting to see you try out the standard publishing route — not the kindle platform route, but it will definitely be great to see how you do with the kindle as well. I think there is a lot of opportunity to increase your exposure with any book publishing platform. I look forward to your reports.

Great idea, and thanks for sharing the details! I’m working on a similar path for my current WIP, but with a much slower timeline. I’m grateful for the opportunity to follow your process and pick your brain along the way. Thanks! See you in the Facebook group 🙂

Having recently gone the self-publishing route, I can say it’s definitely a sense of accomplishment. It’s hard work, and a lot of the work comes after you’ve actually finished writing (although no surprise there I’m sure!).

For me, I really never considered the traditional publishing route. Sure I read a lot of writer blogs and how to submit query letter’s and the right and wrong way to submit manuscripts, but in the end I just wanted to get my product out there. I’m proud of what I created and learned much more in the process by doing it all myself. I had some great help along the way; like Naomi from IttyBiz and the Launch Coach – Dave Navarro who provided some great insights into launching and how to keep the momentum going with other products that compliment the book.

I did opt to do a print version (POD) via CreateSpace (along with eBook and Kindle versions, plus distributing via Smashwords) and my wife and I sell my physical books around town. We use the Square and our iPhones to take payments wherever we are!

Good luck with your book Pat, and I know you’ll put out a great product!

Pat

Very inspiring Jared, thank you! Super stoked to get this done but I know it’s going to be a lot of hard work and focus. Cheers, and all the best to you!

Pat just an FYI. I have a friend that publishes on amazon. It is possible to actually offer a hard copy version of your book using a service called CreateSpace.. they do printing on demand and will ship directly to the customer on Amazon I believe.

Will definitely be joining your group to follow your updates. We just published a Kindle book a few months back and have been experimenting with pricing, cover design, etc.. The one book hasn’t made us independently wealthy (yet!), but is promising because there are consistent sales everyday. Look forward to reading about your Kindle book development and the choices you make.

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Pat: Congratulations on taking the next step to becoming a published author. I knew you could and would do this. Looking forward to getting your book on the Kindle. Your Kindle version may be available before mine. That’s one bad thing about self-publishing, there’s no one to help get done what needs to get done. My book was published a couple of months ago and I am still a couple of weeks away from having the Kindle version available. Wishing you much success in all your endeavors. Thanks for being such an inspiration to us all. You motivate me to do more than I already do!
Peace,

Pat:
Congratulations on taking the next step to becoming a published author. I knew you could and would do this. Looking forward to getting your book on the Kindle. Your Kindle version may be available before mine. That’s one bad thing about self-publishing, there’s no one to help get done what needs to get done. My book was published a couple of months ago and I am still a couple of weeks away from having the Kindle version available. Wishing you much success in all your endeavors. Thanks for being such an inspiration to us all. You motivate me to do more than I already do!
Peace,
Connie Williams, author of THiNKING CONSCIOUSLY ROCKS!

Congratulations on taking this next step, Pat! I enjoy your blog and am impressed by the success you’ve had… and I’m more than a little enviable of your ability to “be everywhere” (which is something I always struggle with — I sometimes do too much and then kneejerk to doing too little!).

Hey Pat, good luck with the ebook! I’ve seen lots of self-published authors get agents and traditional publishing offers after doing well on their own. I got approached by one of Amazon’s new publishing imprints, and I’m not even a huge seller (I chose to stay indie for now).

I’m sure you’ll do well since you have such a big built-in fan base already (I bet lots of your readers have kindles), but if you want to know all about how Amazon sales rankings and such work, let me recommend Ed Robertson over at Failure Ahoy http://www.edwardwrobertson.com/ (his Amazon’s Ever-Changing Algorithms series is interesting) and Phoenix Sullivan (http://phoenixsullivan.blogspot.com/2012/08/just-how-do-those-amazon-algos-work.html) who recently did a post talking about how price affects how books are weighted when it comes to the popularity charts. Lastly, the Writer’s Cafe on the Kindleboards is a helpful hangout if you questions related to Amazon and ebooks.

Also, you probably already know all this, but you can publish your ebook in a lot more spots than just Amazon. Barnes & Noble, Apple, and Kobo (big in Canada) all have self-publishing portals, and Smashwords is a distributor that can get your book into the other stores (such as Sony and some of the mobile platforms) that don’t allow you to publish directly. I do best at Amazon, but I’ve run into other indie authors who completely rock it at Apple or Barnes & Noble just because that’s the way things shake out.

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hi pat,
MY PREVIOUS POST HAD AN INCORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS ON IT. I HAVE NOW CORRECTED THE ERROR.

an amazing summary of publishing, e and p.
disclosure: i’m a baby boomer, aka luddite, and trying to get a handle on this stuff for my first publication. i would love to follow your kindle adventures, but i’m not on facebook, and won’t join. my book title may end up being there, but not me personally. (boomer mentality!)
so here’s my question for you: is there some other way for me to follow your posts and your path?
with full confidence that you’ll have a solution for me,
thanks,
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It is a lot easier to publish than to blog, but you are right about people publishing spammy stuff. As long as it’s not rehashed crap I’m okay with it, but I think people should take this more seriously than just throwing up stuff to make a buck…I don’t blame em tho

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